PAYSON — When lightning ignited chaparral and ponderosa pine litter to form the West ... though some acres exceeded 1,000 trees. The Forest Service prescribed thinning to 50 to 100 trees per ...

Pine cone foraging is a fun and eco-friendly way to immerse yourself in nature while collecting materials for creative ...

FIRE IS A NATURAL PART of Western ecosystems, and many forest species crave its disturbance and the resulting regeneration. But starting in the mid-to-late 1800s, the federal government banished ...

PAYSON — When lightning ignited chaparral and ponderosa pine litter to form the West Fire one night in late August, U.S. Forest Service fire managers ... the grassy openings between the remaining ...

Inviting, quaint towns and scenic roadways await while driving through this breathtaking canyon marked by rocky cliffs and ...

To test that hypothesis, the researchers planted the seedlings in logged forests ranging from completely clearcut areas to ...

Scott Graaf is nodding in agreement, noting that never had they seen crow flocks come to their street and to that tree. “It felt like a reverence of crows,” he says.

humans still know far too little about what happens when forests burn. Last week, WPI doctoral candidate Fernando Ebensperger ignited samples of Ponderosa pine branches, the same kind of material ...

The city of Flagstaff has taken big steps to preserve the clarity of its night sky. Find out the best ways to experience the ...